Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |
| 3 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 4 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 5 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 6 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll sack her for that , ’ she said out loud . |
| 8 | I 'll change it for that goose , I will . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll set mine for five-to . |
| 10 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 11 | Potentially , the bastard I 'll get him for this , could be a confession . |
| 12 | I 'll get him for both of us . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll get you for that . |
| 14 | What , the man said , I 'll get you for this ? |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll get you for this , bitch ! ’ he spat viciously . |
| 16 | There have been quite a few happenings since then , but my fingers are getting tired , so I 'll save them for another article . |
| 17 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she said , the words low and heavy with threat , ‘ if you ever try anything like that with me again I 'll report you for sexual harassment so fast you wo n't know what 's hit you . |
| 18 | I 'll have 'em for this , Gerry . |
| 19 | I 'll put ours for six . |
| 20 | I 'll buy one for half a million pounds ! |
| 21 | Okay I 'll I 'll sell it for sixty . |
| 22 | But I think I heard on the television like somebody goes I 'll see you in court , I 'll sue you for millions so like , it 's terrible , but I mean , they , Desmond Lyneham was int was erm tt talking to so to someone from Ladbrokes , |
| 23 | Farrar s sentimentality may be excessive but we may envy his freedom to recognize and express childhood affection as well as childhood aggression ( ‘ I 'll kill you for that , ’ said Barker , leaping at Eric , and seizing him by the hair' ( ibid . |
| 24 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I could do it for thirteen . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , well you just said I could have it for thirty . |
| 27 | I could have you for that ! ’ |
| 28 | Then I could keep it for many months . |
| 29 | I could sue you for that . |
| 30 | I 'd sack him for that . |